Brand Name Dates
by Melani Blazer

Men...dating...shopping.

Jill Anthony, newspaper photographer and self-imposed loner, has just had her life turned topsy turvy by her meddlesome mother and roommate. She can't understand why everyone thinks she needs to date to have a fulfilling life. Her career is good and she is content.

But then work offers her the chance to get the monkey off her back. Fake dates—just for research purposes. No commitment, just information. Suddenly, men are like clothes—fabric, size, color, cut, even care instructions can all be matched to her impression of her date's personality.

When it's over, she intends to go back to life as it had been. If only it is that easy. She doesn't anticipate finding a piece of clothing she can't leave behind. And she doesn't expect the price tag to be so darn hefty...

Melani Blazer's Bio

Melani Blazer's mom swears she was born reading, and by age six, was writing little rhymes. It was something she did for fun—even through high school where she was a writer and the copy editor for the school newspaper. But then practical thinking took over and her college focus aimed at science.

Now, too-many-years-to-admit later, she's rediscovered her childhood escape and taken it a step further. She's written stories in a diverse number of genres, but found her true love in paranormals.

To keep her feet grounded in real life, she keeps house with her wonderful husband of 14 years, an almost-teenage daughter, and her cats.